This book presents a thought-provoking perspective on God's purposes for Christian suffering. The author supports his thoughts with Scripture. His interpretations and insights are deep yet very comforting. Although I have read numerous books on sorrow, tribulations, and suffering over the years, this book has had the greatest impact on my understanding of this most difficult subject.

This is one of the best books I've read as a Christian. It totally clarified the role of suffering in the life of the believer (our suffering is not God's fault!), and armed with the Biblical facts brought out in this book, my attitude toward the hard part of life has changed dramatically and permanently. Several copies of this book should be in every Christian's library for lending out

it is about time that someone noticed that isabel is probaly the most overlooked character of the roswell show and the books too. this book cast her and kyle as the stars(nice to include kyle too becasue he is often forgotten). it starts with kyle having nighmares every night about alex's death and the part that tess
forced him to play in it. after it starts interfering with his job, he asks isabel to dreamwalk him to take the bad parts of his nightmare out. she tells him that is not actually within her power to do and that if she tried she could possibly hurt him.

later, isabel starts to feel guilty and dreamwalks him anyway without kyle's knowledge and isabel finds that his nightmares are
worse than she thought. when she tries to return to her own body she finds that she is trapped and may never be able to return.

their is also a mild subplot involving liz and max. liz is asked to babysit a cousin in a nearby town and max tags along for the weekend. when they get there they find their 12 year old charge far from cooperative and they have an interesting weekend dealing
with some of the problems that a preteen boy goes through. this is definitely a book well worth reading for any true roswell fan.
i read most of it the first day i picked it up. truly a good book.

Kyle Valenti can't sleep. One year after the death of his friend Alex, he's haunted by terrible nightmares. Kyle knows Alex didn't commit suicide, but was murdered by the treacherous Tess, one of Roswell's no-longer resident aliens. Kyle even helped her kill him, completely oblivious at the time due to Tess's mind-control machinations.

If anyone can help Kyle come to grips with his tortured psyche, it's Isabel Evans, whose distinctive alien power is the ability to Dreamwalk - literally to enter another person's mind, while sleeping. Isabel thinks it's a bad idea. She's never done exactly what Kyle is proposing, or at as deep a level. She's afraid she might end up hurting Kyle more than helping. Once she decides to try anyway, she discovers a potentially worse problem than doing inadvertent harm to her friend - having entered his deepest dreams, she just might not be able to find her way back out...

Ruditis writes the Roswell characters wonderfully, and has a brisk, easy-to-read style. He doesn't complicate the plot with too many references to past series events, but only those necessary to the story. All the characters get a pretty fair share of air-play, so to speak, though it's definitely an Isabel story. Liz and Max have a less-interesting subplot, taking care of a wounded pre-teen cousin of Liz's, which largely comes off like an after-school special but allows for some character exploration of the teenaged alien leader and his human girlfriend.

This is really a simple and straightforward story, rather like a very good episode of the T.V. series. What makes it shine is the writing of the characters, and the depth of feeling between them. It's short and sweet - very sweet, and very good.

A fellow medical student showed me this pocket book and I am glad I bought it. It is very easy to use and the print is readable. The best part of this book is the list of dosing for Peds. I don't have to look up the amount based on the kg of the child; its right there. Highly recommend for those of us who work or do clinical rotations in the out-patient setting.

This is an amazingly useful and easy to use book! Unlike most other antibiotic guides this one gives you all the information you need when a patient with an infection is in front of you in the office. Not only the drug of choice, but useful alternative therapies, dosages (adults and children), common adverse effects and other helpful prescribing information. And it's so easy to find the infection you're looking for- since the book is arranged from anatomical top (HEENT)in the front to bottom (GU) in the back. There's a separate section for antimicrobials in addition to the one for the disease syndromes. The book fits perfectly into a lab coat (or shirt) pocket and is up to date and highly accurate. The best antibiotic guide I've seen.

Cute counting book with colorful illustrations. Gives 3 sets of numbers and asks 3 questions in each "section." Better than average. I would recommend this one for K and 1st grade, as well as teachers and parents.

This is a wonderful book to use in patterning, multiplication, and creative thinking! I use the book in my classroom in so many ways, with children up to third grade! We read it, then make up our own "Math Riddles" to put into our own class book. Example, Three fish had four fins each, with eight dots on each fin. How many fish? How many fins? How many dots altogether?

Engaging stories about author's experiences in the Olympics as a scout, climber and ski-club member. His accounts are placed in the context of historical developments of the time such as WWII and the establishment of park boundaries. Unpolished, conversational writing style. One great feature of the book is the placement of maps to detail his travels. Those familiar with Olympics terrain will read with some amusement the author's occasionally successful attempts to blaze through trail-free areas. I've read every book I know of regarding the Olympics and this one was a treasure trove of historical info new to me.

Don't be misled by the title- "Early Hiking" is about early hiking in the Olympic Mountains of Washington, but not about all early hikes in the Olympics. Rather, it's an account of the hikes of Paul Crews and groups he was associated with before World War II. I admit, I may have a bias, as my grandfather is the author of the book, and I acquired a love of the Olympic Mountains from him, but even for a non-relative, the stories are great. They give an image of early boyscouting, and of what hiking was like before modern hiking boots, backpacks, lightweight tents, and before the Olympic Peninsula was as developed. The book not only tells of the author's relationship with hiking and its growth over his lifetime, but also gives some records of early hiking, mountaineering and skiing groups in the Puget Sound and Olympic areas in the era between the 1920's and 40's. Some of these groups are still around now. I'd strongly recommend this book to anyone who's been involved in hiking for long, and has discovered the appeal of alpine meadows, or who just likes the outdoors.

"Move over Ebola -- the cesspool of life has a new Supervirus" --
Glyn Parry

"Far-future adventure and excitment, science fiction as it ought to be" -- Sean McMullen

" ... worthy of sitting on the same shelf with early Heinlein and Norton" -- Don D'Ammassa, SF Chronicle 2003

Three hundred years ago, the Colony starship was launched to colonize the world of Tau Celi but when they arrived, there was no habitable world to colonize. Some of the passengers felt they should continue but those who wanted to return home took command of the ship. They land on what used to be Melbourne and plan to commit genocide on the genetically inferior humans that survived.

Welkin Quinn is one of the first groups of Skyborn sent out to reconnoiter the area and he falls in with a clan of Earthborn who want to unite the people into a cohesive group so they can do more than survive. Welkin learns that the Skyborn have fed him misinformation and throws in his lot with Sarah and her group. Enemies surround them from the Skyborn to the barely human ferals to the roaming gangs of jabbers who work with the Skyborn to destroy the Earthborn.

This is Paul Collin's first book published in the United States and it is easy to see why this Australian author is a hit back home. The story line is fast paced but does not skimp on character development. The hero learns that his ship's elders had an agenda to stay in power when they got to earth. He inserts himself into a group of Earthborn survivors that have a chance of uniting the various disease free factions on Earth if they can figure out a way of appropiating technology only available on the Colony. This is the first installment in what looks to be a great new series

Harriet Klausner

This is a useful refernce book disguised as easy entertainment. It is loaded with the foods that are fun to eat and good for you at the same time. I heard Dr. Applegate say on the radio that heart disease takes a lifetime to develop and only moments to kill and that over half the deaths that occur every year are from some form of heart disease. So she scared me into buying her book! It has a "Special Risks for Women" section which I made my Mom read. Now she is eating smarter and loves her daily chocolate ration that is OK with Dr A. This book is on my nightstand and before I fall asleep I open the book at any random spot to see which of the 100 foods it opens to and I learn about a new food I had not thought about before or one I am already eating regularly and why it is so good for me. Even though she is from a big University she keeps everything real simple and easy to remember. It definitely changed my life and I feel my Mother and I will live longer because of it. If you read this, thanks Dr. Applegate.

I took Dr. Applegate's nutrition class about ten years ago and she was so cool. She knows everything! She teaches nutrition science to more college students than anyone in the world, over 2,000 a year. I liked her book because I can spend a couple of minutes looking at one or two of her "100 super foods" and learn something fun and neat to know without having to read a whole chapter. (I didn't know avocados and chocolate were good for me.) Her book also showed me how easy all that good/bad cholesterol thing is to understand and how to keep your blood stream loaded with the right stuff. I trust all her tips and tricks about eating right because she is a professor at the University of California. I am giving my parents a copy so they will live longer. I feel more energetic after making one of her power shakes. Her cool smoothie recipes are great on a hot day. And they are extra tasty knowing they are making me healthier. I take her "super food" list with me to the supermarket so I will buy the best foods. The book is easy to read, and a trusty quick reference guide for information that shows you how to live a longer, healthier life.

A lot of books on biblical studies are not very well crafted. This one is. I also like how Hays brings out the Old Testament nuances in Paul's writings. He recognizes throughout the book that Paul does not always intend to directly quote the Old Testament. He points out that the apostle often makes verbal echoes of OT passages that would resonate powerfully to the Jewish members of the early Christian congregations. Plus, as a bonus, I like all of the poetry that Hays puts in the book that captures theological motifs.

Nascent New Testament theologians should look to Dr. Richard Hays of Duke Divinity School for how to construct a sentence that is both entertaining and thought provoking. His are beautifully written as well as meaningful.

It is Dr. Hays thesis that we can better understand the writings of Paul if we first understand his hermenuetics. And for Paul, that means that he reads consistently the Christian experience through a lens that has been crafted by a fine honing of knowledge from the Hebrew Scriptures. It is in the pulling up of Hebrew Scriptures that preceded or follow the obvious linkage with a particular Pauline passage that we find the most meaning Hays argues.

His writing is compelling, understandable and, yes , persuasive. I would commend this book to anyone who is trying to understand Paul and what he means. This is of particular valuable in developing a biblical understanding of the theological implications of Romans 9-11.

Dennis Shaw

In this book (the twelfth edition) every economic subject is very well explained without difficult mathemayical concepts. People who like the mathematical approach can find something in the appendix. There are a lot of examples about real facts happened to real companies (Microsoft,...) or organization (OPEC...). The logic approach and the examples are very usefull for a beginner that first of all has to understand the main concepts rather than struggling in a difficult language or math.

The authors have explained all principles with remarkable ease taking numerous to the point examples.